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The Smashing Pumpkins album, "Machina II", was never released in stores. Instead, out of his angst toward the animosity of the record company, he released the album for download, free of charge, from his website. See more trivia »

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William Patrick Corgan
in Elk Grove, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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2012 Glee (TV series)
– Makeover (2012) (writer: "Celebrity Skin" - uncredited)
 
2010-2012 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV series)
– Episode #20.195 (2012) (writer: "The Celestials" - uncredited)
– Episode #18.64 (2010) (writer: "Pacific Coast Highway")
– Episode #18.35 (2010) (writer: "Widow Wake My Mind")
 
2011 Footloose (writer: "Window Paine")
 
2011 10 Years (writer: "Tonight, Tonight")
 
2011 Hop (writer: "Celebrity Skin")
 
2011 The Chicago Code (TV series)
 
2009 South Park (TV series)
– Whale Whores (2009) (writer: "Bullet with Butterfly Wings" - uncredited)
 
2009 FlashForward (TV series)
– 137 Sekunden (2009) (writer: "To Sheila" - uncredited)
 
2009 Cold Case (TV series)
– Hood Rats (2009) (writer: "Disarm" - uncredited)
 
2008 100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs (TV movie) (writer: "Bullet with Butterfly Wings")
 
2008 Sputnik (TV series)
– Company de viatge (2008) (writer: "1979")
 
2008 Paging David Cronenberg (short) ("Eye")
 
2007 Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (Video Game) (writer: "Cherub Rock")
 
2007 Tony Hawk's Proving Ground (Video Game) (writer: "Tarantula")
 
2007 Transformers (writer: "Doomsday Clock")
 
2007 When a Man Falls (writer: "Shangra-La", "Sky Of Blue", "Whisper" / performer: "Shangra-La", "Sky Of Blue", "Whisper")
 
2006 Clerks II (writer: "1979" / as William Corgan)
 
2006 The Shield (TV series)
– Of Mice and Lem (2006) (writer: "Disarm" - uncredited)
 
2006 Air Guitar Nation (documentary) (writer: "Cherub Rock" / as William Corgan)
 
2005 Smallville (TV series)
– Splinter (2005) (writer: "Forget It" - uncredited)
 
2005 American Pie Presents Band Camp (video) (writer: "Forget It" / as William Patrick Corgan)
 
2004 National Treasure (writer: "Forget It")
 
2003 Juggalo Championshxt Wrestling Volume 3 (video) (writer: "Bullet with Butterfly Wings")
 
2003 Mayor of the Sunset Strip (documentary) (writer: "Malibu" / as William Corgan)
 
2002 Crossing Jordan (TV series)
– The Truth Is Out There (2002) (performer: "I'm Into Something Good" - uncredited)
 
2002 Spun (writer: "Freedom Ain't What It Used to Be", "Think You Know", "Revolve", "Wasting Time" / arranger: "Jesus, I Have Taken My Cross" / as Corgan)
 
2001 On the Edge (writer: "1979")
 
2000 Homicide: The Movie (TV movie) (writer: "Crestfallen")
 
2000 Juggalo Championshxt Wrestling Vol. 2 (video) (writer: "Bullet with Butterfly Wings")
 
1999 Any Given Sunday (writer: "BE A MAN")
 
1999 Stigmata (writer: "Identify")
 
1999 American Pie (writer: "Celebrity Skin")
 
1998 Free Tibet (documentary) (writer: "Bullet with Butterfly Wings", "Silverfuck" / as B. Corgan)
 
1997 First Love, Last Rites (performer: "When I Was Born, I Was Bored")
 
1997 Batman & Robin (writer: "The End Is the Beginning Is the End" / producer: "The End Is the Beginning Is the End")
 
1997 Lost Highway (writer: "Eye" / producer: "Eye")
 
1996 Ransom (writer: "Lizards", "Rats", "Rats with tails", "Spiders", "Squirrels", "Worms 1", "Worms with vocals" / performer: "Lizards", "Rats", "Rats with tails", "Spiders", "Squirrels", "Worms 1", "Worms with vocals" / producer: "Lizards", "Rats", "Rats with tails", "Spiders", "Squirrels", "Worms 1", "Worms with vocals")
 
1996 The Simpsons (TV series)
– Homerpalooza (1996) (writer: "Zero")
 
1995/I Salto al vacío (writer: "Mayonaise" / as William Corgan / writer: "Disarm" / as William Corga)
 
1992 Singles (writer: "Drown" / producer: "Drown")
 
Show ShowComposer (9 titles)
2012 Head Games (documentary)
 
2011 Smashing Pumpkins: Owata (A Short Film) (short)
 
2010 Gran Turismo 5 (Video Game)
 
2008 Smashing Pumpkins: If All Goes Wrong (video documentary)
 
2005 Masters of Horror (TV series)
– Dance of the Dead (2005)
 
2004 The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things
 
2002 Spun
 
2001 Graceful Swans of Never (TV documentary)
 
1999 Stigmata
 
Show ShowMusic Department (3 titles)
2010 Jessica Simpson: The Price of Beauty (TV series) (composer: theme music - 2 episodes)
– Paris, France (2010) (composer: theme music)
– Thailand (2010) (composer: theme music)
 
1999 Stigmata (music mixer, music programmer)
 
1996 Ransom (music producer: Kidnapper's Boombox Music)
 
Show ShowActor (2 titles)
2007 Smashing Pumpkins: Inside the Zeitgeist (video short)
 
2002 Spun
Doctor
 
Show ShowProducer (1 title)
2011 Smashing Pumpkins: Owata (A Short Film) (short) (executive producer)
 
Show ShowDirector (1 title)
Show ShowThanks (2 titles)
2012 GLOW: The Story of the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling (documentary) (special thanks)
 
2011 Hit So Hard (documentary) (thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (47 titles)
2013 Beautiful Noise (documentary) (in production)
Himself
 
2013 Algren (documentary) (post-production)
Himself
 
2012 Last Call with Carson Daly (TV series)
Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 26 September 2012 (2012) … Himself - Guest
 
2012 Piers Morgan Tonight (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 19 June 2012 (2012) … Himself
 
2012 Sunset Strip (documentary)
Himself
 
2011 The Smashing Pumpkins Live at the Metro, 1993 (documentary)
Himself
 
2010 Music (documentary)
Himself
 
2010 Ce soir (ou jamais!) (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 29 September 2010 (2010) … Himself
 
2010 Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage (documentary)
Himself
 
2010 Spin's 25th Anniversary Concert Series (TV movie)
Himself
 
2009 We Believe (documentary)
Himself
 
2009 The Chris Isaak Hour (TV series)
Himself
– Smashing Pumpkins (2009) … Himself
 
2008 The Fillmore Residency (video)
Himself
 
2008 Smashing Pumpkins: If All Goes Wrong (video documentary)
Himself
 
2008 Into the Night with... (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Billy Corgan und Uli Jon Roth (2008) … Himself
 
2007 Smashing Pumpkins: Live from the Tower Theater (video)
 
2007 Chasing October (documentary)
Himself
 
2006 The Return of Courtney Love (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2006 Loops! (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 24 January 2006 (2006) … Himself
 
2005 The Best Hit USA (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 4 September 2005 (2005) … Himself
 
2005 Late Show with David Letterman (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 20 June 2005 (2005) … Himself
 
2005 WrestleMania 21 (TV special)
Himself
 
2003 New Order: 5 11 Live in Finsbury Park June 9th 2002 (video)
Himself
 
2003 Saturday Night Live (TV series)
Himself - Musical Guest
– Ray Romano/Zwan (2003) … Himself - Musical Guest (as Zwan)
 
2002 Extreme Championship Wrestling: Anarchy Rulz '99 (video)
Himself
 
2001 Graceful Swans of Never (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2001 The Smashing Pumpkins: 1991-2000 Greatest Hits Video Collection (video)
Himself
 
2001 WWE Smackdown! (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 9 August 2001 (2001) … Himself
 
2001 Bozo: 40 Years of Fun! (TV movie)
Himself - Musical Guest
 
2000 100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself - Member, Smashing Pumpkins
 
2000 CNN World Beat (TV series)
Himself
– Smashing Pumpkins (2000) … Himself
 
2000 @MTV with the Smashing Pumpkins (TV special)
Himself - Performer
 
2000 Smashing Pumpkins: Full Circle (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1999 Behind the Music (TV series documentary)
Himself
– The Red Hot Chili Peppers (1999) … Himself
 
1999 The 41st Annual Grammy Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
1997-1998 Howard Stern (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 15 September 1998 (1998) … Himself
– Episode dated 14 September 1998 (1998) … Himself
– Episode dated 3 March 1997 (1997) … Himself
 
1998 Free Tibet (documentary)
Himself (Smashing Pumpkins)
 
1997 The 39th Annual Grammy Awards (TV movie)
Himself (as the Smashing Pumpkins)
 
1997 David Bowie: An Earthling at 50 (TV documentary)
Himself - Live on Stage with Bowie
 
1996 MTV News: Year in Rock 1996 (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1996 MTV Video Music Awards 1996 (TV special)
Himself
 
1996 The Simpsons (TV series)
Himself
– Homerpalooza (1996) … Himself (voice)
 
1996 Lola da musica (TV series)
Himself
– The Smashing Pumpkins (1996) … Himself
 
1994 Freaks, Nerds & Weirdos (TV movie)
Himself
 
1994 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #3.124 (1994) … Himself
 
1994 24 Hours in Rock and Roll (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1994 Smashing Pumpkins: Vieuphoria (video documentary)
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (3 titles)
2008 100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs (TV movie)
Himself
 
2005 La tierra de las 1000 músicas (TV series documentary)
 
2004 The Rise & Fall of ECW (video documentary)
Himself
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

Works with Smashing Pumpkins: "Gish" (1991); "Lull (EP)" (1992); "Siamese Dream" (1993); "Pisces Iscariot" (1994); "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness" (1995); "The Aeroplane Flies High" (1996); "Adore" (1998); "MACHINA: The Machines... See more »

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Alternate Names:

the Smashing Pumpkins | Zwan

Height:

6' 3" (1.91 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

(At a Smashing Pumpkins concert, just before an acoustic song) Corgan: "Are you ready to rock!" (Crowd cheers.) Corgan: "Well then you are in the wrong place." See more »

Trivia:

The Smashing Pumpkins album, "Machina II", was never released in stores. Instead, out of his angst toward the animosity of the record company, he released the album for download, free of charge, from his website. See more »

Trademark:

Fender Stratocaster See more »

Star Sign:

Pisces